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Candy Crush billionaire bought a luxurious $3 million house – which almost caved in

48-year-old Swede Sebastian Knutsson co-founded King, the game studio best known for Candy Crush Saga. The wildly popular mobile game has made him a billionaire in terms of Swedish crowns with a net worth of SEK 2.9 billion.

In 2014, he bought a luxurious home for 28 million Swedish crowns ($3.4 million) in Bromma, Stockholm. But the dream house soon became a nightmare instead.

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The basement has flooded with water from a swimming pool on the ground level. Since it was built on top of a sewer line the entire house is in danger, according to Knutsson’s lawsuit against the seller, Expressen reports.

The digging of a basement below sea level is considered risky and also the construction of the roof rafters.

“The house could cave in due to its construction,” notes the lawsuit.

The lawsuit demanded that the seller should give Knutsson 11.6 million Swedish crowns in compensation for renovations. He accepted a smaller sum, 2.6 million Swedish crowns, in a settlement, according to Expressen.